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UNITEDSTATES "WARREN HOLDEN, or rHILADELPHrA,"PENNsYLvANm. i

' To all whom t maf/concern: .i

Q; Boor ANn SHOE, sfrnnrciinn Specification formingpart of Letters`fatemi No. `12,?793,datedv May '1, 1855; Rveissued March 12, i i i l i i`1s7`2,No.4,799. j

Be i known thatl, `VARREN the` city and county of "Philadelphia and`State of Pennsylvania, `haveinvented a new and Improved `Device forStretching Boots andShoes; and I do hereby declare that the following isa` full, i clear,nand` exact 'description of the same, reference beinghad to `the `annexed `drawings,"making a part of x this specificatiominwhich- Figure 1,"i`sa longitudinal section of my j improvement.. Fig.`2,is axplan or top view of ditto. i Fig. 3, is a side view of ditto.

` Similar letters of` reference indicate cor responding parts intheseveral figures. e

The nature of my invention consists in dividing a last into aenumber `ofparts and forcing outward said parts by means of a device formed oflevers and a screw, so that be stretched as will be `hereafter fullyshown screw (Z) is turned by a wrench or key and i `To enable `othersthe desired parts ofltheshoe orboot may anddescribed..A w i j `Skilledin the art `to make and use myinvention, I" will proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation. j

A represents the last, `formed of four `parts, (a) representsdfthebackpart, (b)

represents the insteppart, (c), (c): repre` i sent `the two partsforming the main pore e tion or bodyof the last, the latter partsbeing-formed by a longitudinal cut. e y Thetwoparts (c) (o)`areconnectedV near the front end by a link (d), see Figs. l and 2, andthe back ends "ofthe parts (c) (e) f are connected to the back part (a)by hori- `zontal wires or rods (e) (e) which t `loosely in holes orapertures in the parts.

The instep part (b) is connected to the back part (a) by'wires (f) (f)which pass loosely or freely lntol holes or apertures in y `the part`(00); f i W u s `f f `In the inner `.sides of the parts (of) `(c) thereis cut a groove or recess (g),\one in `each part (c) and there lisalsoamortise (la),

` made `through. the back part (a) which is [in line with the grooves orrecessesfg).

y made Thereis also `agroove por" recess (i which in the inner sides ofthe parts (o is" rather more inclinedthan the groove or `recessl(g). Thegroove orrecess (i) is `also e with the mortise (Min the part (a). e Y

Withinthe grooveor recess g.) or in the groove or recess there is placeda device formeduof jointedlevers which are connected to each end of twonuts (la), see Fig. l, and dott-ed lines in Fig. 2. Through theftwonuts(la) a screw (Z) passes, said screw having a collar at its outer end.AOni the outer sidesof'the parts of the lasts there are attached knobsspot, the levers (j) (j) being inserted in the groove or recess (g). Theside of the boot or shoe to bestretched is moistened and the the sides(c) (c) are forced outward by the expansion of the jointed levers (j)(j) and the moistened parts of the boot or shoe will ed, the parts beingheld by the rods (c) which if necessary may be provided with joints. j i

. If the instep requires stretching the levers are placed in the grooveor recess (c) one over the other, as shown in Fig.` l, and the leversthen expand vertically and stretch the instep. It being understood thatthe levers are placed horizontally, or side by side` when in the grooveor recess (g) so `as to expand laterally when acting upon the two parts(c) (c).

The levers (j) (j), nuts (7c) (la), and rod (Z) are constructed ofmetal. The last is constructed of wood and the knobs (n) may be 0f ironwith small rods or spurs to fit in recesses or holes in the outer sidesof said parts outward so as to stretch the boot the parts. I do notconfine myself hoW- or shoe, at any desired part, or at all parts, everto any particular material. by means of the device composed of the Ageneral stretching may be given the jointed levers (j) (j) nuts (7c)(7c) and rod 5 boot or shoe,- by removing all the knobs (Z) as hereinshown and described.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is WARRENHOLDEN' Dividing the last A into a number of Witnesses: parts (a) (b) (c(c) connected by rods LEMUEL STEPHENS, 10 (e) (e) (f) (f) and a link (d)and forcing GEO. I. BECKER.

